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Starting a Portrait Photography Business
For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get my photography side hustle off the ground. My initial assumption was simple: people are always …
Photography vs Programming: a Minimalist Perspective
As I build my photography side hustle while working full-time as a software engineer, I keep returning to one idea: minimalism. Both fields pull me in …
What Would You Do When You Retire?
We’ve all heard the classic question: “What would you do if you won a million dollars?” It’s a fun daydream, but let’s be honest, most of us know …
LLMs and an old dev
A lot of developers seem to be afraid of generative AI and LLMs because it may replace their jobs. But as an older developer who sometimes have a hard …
Photography in the age of Generative AI
Generative AI has made my job as a software engineer much easier, but it’s also a bit scary. The question everyone is asking is whether AI will …
Parenting is hard
Only when you have wrong expectations. It is so easy to know what is right action but sometimes so hard to do it. Ayden is having rough morning. Well …
Ask HN: Parents of HN, what are your best sources for evidence-based parenting?
Here is a list of parenting books recommended by members of Hacker’s News community. All links are affiliate links to purchase these books from …
More research on choosing dev stack for game dev
Last week, I had decided to use Swift/Apple’s ecosystem for initial gamedev. But I wasn’t feeling 100% okay with getting locked into …
Baby vs Dog
It is amazing how having your own kids changes everything. I love my my dog and because of him I love almost all dogs. I hated leaving him home, so …
Real Estate vs Startup
For years, I was working towards my own startup. I always had various side-projects and learned a lot from these side-projects. But at the same time, …
Developer Hegemony by Erik Dietrich
I am not sure how I found this book by Erik Dietrich. Maybe Google or Amazon recommended it. But I found it very inspiring. There are so many things …
What is this blog about anyways?
I have had this domain since 2003. Originally, I wanted to make video games and Chaosplay was supposed to be a video games studio. But then it was …
National Videogame Museum
A visit to the National Videogame Museum in Frisco, Texas. Nostalgia, classic consoles, and gaming history all under one roof. The museum features …
Git Simplified
One of most common technology that new professional developers struggle with is git. Many junior developers are eager to start using all of the …
My Photography Workflow with Lightroom, SmugMug, and iPad Pro
Ever since I bought iPad, I have tried to make it my main computing device. I love the form factor. I love many apps on it. I am have really started …
Tools of Trade
I use 13-inch MacBookPro for personal projects and 15-inch for work. My personal MBP would be last traditional laptop, hopefully. Since most of my …